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Khovanov Homology and Conway Mutation

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We present an easy example of mutant links with different Khovanov homology. The existence of such an example is important because it shows that Khovanov homology cannot be defined with a skein rule similar to the skein relation for the Jones polynomial.

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@article{arxiv.math/0301312,
  title  = {Khovanov Homology and Conway Mutation},
  author = {Stephan M. Wehrli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0301312},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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